Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD A12-9800

Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U
AMD A12-9800
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A12-9800

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    163%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    164%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    163%
  • AMD A12-9800
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 64% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 63% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
50 watts lower power draw.
Around 63% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A12-9800

None

Intel Core i5-8250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8250U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Excavator
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsBristol Ridge
Release DateSep 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsRadeon R7

Cache

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
SocketIntel BGA1356vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Package FC-BGA1356vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8250UAMD A12-9800
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    2898 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points
  • AMD A12-9800
    9124 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    146
  • AMD A12-9800
    89

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    523
  • AMD A12-9800
    319

points - higher is better